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Top Links Golf Courses in Northern England
Set out below are links golf courses in Northern England, including Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Links golf courses are usually situated on the coast and are often characterised by sandy soil, dunes, few water hazards and trees.
Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Waterloo Road, Birkdale, Southport
A permanent fixture on The Open rota and host to the Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup and the Ryder Cup, undoubtedly one of the finest links courses in England. Became Royal Birkdale in 1951. A plaque on the 16th hole commemorates Arnold Palmer's great... more
Hesketh Golf Club
Cockle Dick's Lane, Southport
Hesketh, created in 1885, is the oldest club in the prolific Southport area, on a nature reserve that attracts seabirds and other wildlife to the half-links, half-parkland track set amid Victorian villas. Holes run through high sand dunes and then... more
Seaton Carew Golf Club
Tees Road, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool
There are 22 holes at Seaton Carew, a lovely course in the Teesside region with a number of playing options. The Old course, an out and back layout, is the original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie. The Brabazon course incorporates 14 of the original... more
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Links Gate, St Annes-on-Sea
Avoiding the 200 bunkers is the essential requirement to play well at Royal Lytham and St Annes, created by the club’s first professional George Lowe in 1886 and modified by Harry Colt. Surrounded by housing and flanked by a railway line, it is not... more
Silloth On Solway Golf Club
Silloth
Silloth sets a premium on being able to drive the ball well and with heather, whins and broom and some strong bunkering, the fairways seem narrower than they are. The course has stunning views of the Galloway Hills, Lakeland fells and the distant... more
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral
Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake has staged major tournaments throughout its long history including eleven Open Championships and many amateur events. The Club is proud that The Open Championship made a successful return to Hoylake in 2006 when... more
Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club (Goswick)
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed Golf Club, known as Goswick, designed by James Braid in 1890 and later modified by Frank Pennick, is the most northerly course in England. It is a classic links stretching to 6800 yards and is relatively flat with areas of dunes... more
West Lancashire Golf Club
Hall Road West, Blundellsands, Liverpool
West Lancashire is the oldest golf club in Lancashire, founded in 1873, a perfect example of seaside golf. This great links course measures 6,768 yards, and is set in natural seaside terrain with immaculate greens. Eleven of the holes measure over... more
Formby Golf Club
Golf Road, Formby
Formby has developed over the years in to a truly great links. The original 18 hole course was redesigned by Willie Park and James Braid also had a hand in more changes in the 1920s while minor changes were introduced by Hawtree and Taylor in 1933,... more
Hillside Golf Club
The Clubhouse, Hastings Road, Hillside, Southport
There are many similarities between Hillside, covering 6,800 yards, and the adjoining Royal Birkdale on the sandhills of Southport. Exposed to the wind from the Irish Sea, it is a qualifying venue when the Open is staged next door. The opening nine... more
Ganton Golf Club
Ganton, Scarborough
Golf was first played at Ganton, in the Vale of Pickering between York and Scarborough, in 1891 on a former inlet from the North Sea and the natural sandy subsoil was an ideal place to develop a course. Ganton has hosted a succession of major amateur... more
Wallasey Golf Club
Bayswater Road, Wallasey
Wallasey, originally designed by Tom Morris Senior in 1891,
is a traditional links of 6,607 yards situated in the
Wirral peninsula overlooking Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea
with undulating fairways, sand dunes and almost inevitably a stiff... more
Bamburgh Castle Golf Club
Bamburgh Castle Golf Club, The Wynding, Bamburgh
Bamburgh Castle is one of Northumberland’s finest golf courses in the village of Bamburgh overlooking the ancient fortress from which it takes its name. It is a regular venue for county and regional events. Just 5,600 yards off the back markers, with... more
Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
Bradshaws Lane, Ainsdale, Southport
Southport and Ainsdale, tucked among the dunes on the North West Lancashire coast, hosted the Ryder Cup in 1933 and 1937. Designed by James Braid and opened in 1906, the traditional feel of a championship links has been retained over the 6,687 yards.... more
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